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NYCHA Now
November 2022 

NYCHA’s Capital Projects Roundup: September-October 2022 

Vincent Echavaria

NYCHA’s Asset and Capital Management Division (A&CM) recently completed renovations for accessible parking, utility, and roofing projects across the city to bring a variety of benefits and improved services for residents.   

A&CM oversees a $4.5 billion capital projects portfolio funded with federal, State, and City investments. The division works to preserve and modernize public housing for NYCHA residents through professional design and construction services that are carried out efficiently and with the highest degree of safety and quality.   

As part of two separate projects, A&CM completed the restoration of parking lot areas to facilitate improved access for persons with disabilities at UPACA (Site 5) in East Harlem on September 10 and Seth Low Houses in Brooklyn on October 3. The work involved the replacement of concrete and asphalt pavement and the installation of curbs and ramps, new accessibility signage, pavement markings, and other related construction. The nearly $120,000 project at UPACA and the approximately $220,000 project at Seth Low Houses were each funded by a federal grant.  

New accessible parking areas at Low Houses in Brooklyn.
UPACA accessible parking
Accessible parking spaces installed at UPACA (Site 5) in East Harlem.

On October 7, NYCHA completed a $10.2 million project to renovate plumbing systems and gas risers at the Bronx’s Edenwald Houses, which is home to more than 4,600 residents. The renovation work was performed in most of the development’s 41 buildings, where crews replaced gas piping, risers, mains, and underground service feeds. The project was federally funded.  

Gas piping, risers, and mains were replaced as part of plumbing system renovations at Edenwald Houses.

Also receiving comprehensive renovations were development rooftops at Smith Houses in Manhattan and Farragut Houses in Brooklyn. On September 13, A&CM completed the approximately $6.7 million project at Smith Houses, where new roof railings were installed on several of the buildings. Under the federally funded project, several buildings also received new doors and windows on the roofs.   

Rooftop renovations at Brooklyn’s Farragut Houses included structural repairs and the replacement of barrier walls with new railings.

Approximately $29 million in roof renovations were completed on October 3 for all 10 buildings at Farragut Houses, where nearly 3,100 residents live. The City-funded project included the replacement of barrier walls with new railings, structural repairs, and the installation of canopy roofs. The work was supported by the Mayoral Roofing Replacement and Rooftop Structures Repair Initiative.

Featured photo caption: Brooklyn’s Farragut Houses received $29 million in rooftop renovations for all 10 buildings.